Insight Bookkeeping & Accounting Services Limited

Sian Arnold, Founder and Director

Sian Arnold F.CICB created Insight Bookkeeping & Accounting Services in 2000 to help businesses make better sense of their finances through high-quality bookkeeping services and training. Before moving into the bookkeeping profession, Sian was a small business lending manager with a major High Street bank and so she understands how important it is to have quality, up-to-date financial records if you want your business to grow.

Sian is a Companion Fellow of the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (ICB). She is proud of her fellowship status as it signifies the highest grade of ICB membership and in the words of the ICB is ‘reserved for the best of the best’ of the bookkeeping profession who demonstrate they are ‘an outstanding bookkeeper and an exemplary member’. In fact, she was one of the first in the world to be awarded this ICB status. As a fellow, Sian is regularly called upon by the ICB to share her bookkeeping knowledge and experience. Add to this the fact that Insight Bookkeeping & Accounting Services was a nominee for the ICB’s Small Practice of the Year accolade in 2015, then you can see that under Sian’s leadership you are in safe bookkeeping hands.

Away from the daily number-crunching, Sian is dedicated to serving her local community. A former president and also treasurer of the Lions Club of Chipping Norton, she is currently a trustee of her village’s play group. With a passion for the outdoors, Sian helps to run her village’s garden club and has helped to organise garden shows as well as being treasurer of the club. She is also the treasurer of her village’s local allotment group.

Tony de Maillet – Director

As the business owner of a successful IT training company working with Government agency and NHS contracts and his role as an operations director, Tony knows just how important high-quality bookkeeping is for the growing success of a company.

Tony joined Insight Bookkeeping & Accounting Services as a director in 2017. His background in running and developing a business perfectly complements Sian’s experience in banking and bookkeeping.

Tony is a full member of the Institute of Directors and with a successful business career under his belt, he knows just how important it is to inspire the future generations of business owners and entrepreneurs. He volunteers as a business advisor with Young Enterprise, a national charity which helps young people develop their business, financial and entrepreneurial capabilities. His local community is important to him and he is a trustee of his local village hall and playing field charity and a former vice-chair of his parish council.

A keen cyclist, Tony is a certified Cycling UK ride leader but he also keeps his mind busy through his passion for genealogy. A personal highlight was his role as an expert at the BBC’s ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ Live event in 2016 and 2017.

Recognition of Sian's professional expertise

Companion Fellow of the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers - Practice licence ICB 2466 since May 2003
Certified Xero Advisor
Silver Partner with Xero
Qualified QuickBooks Online Advisor
Associate member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers